Suggested enhancement to Customer, Vendor and Employee Reports.

[Mike Evans]

On Monday March 22 2010 14:51:33 Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Mike Evans <mikee at saxicola.idps.co.uk> writes:
> > In addition to how much a customer owes me I also wanted to know how much
> > I had earned from that customer over the last year.  It seemed that the
> > customer report could provide me that information with a little tweaking
> > of the report scheme.  The attached patch adds an extra line below the
> > table, above the "Total Due" line with the total amount Invoiced for the
> > selected period. Since the same file is used for Vendor and Employee the
> > same data are presented, with appropriate changes to the label.
> 
> The Customer Report is designed as something to send to the customer.
> I wouldn't think that you would want to send the customer a total of
> how much they've spent on you.
Good point, I never thought of it as something to be sent but just as 
something for my own information.

> 
> I do think it would make sense to create such a report as you suggest.
> 
> > If you think this is useful to others please incorporate it into the code
> > base, if not, well...
> 
> I'd rather see it as a new report, or perhaps an extension of the Aging
> report (which is for internal use, not for shipping to the customer).
In that case I'll have a look at that and try again.  


Thanks and a great opportunity to learn scheme as I go.

Mike


> 
> > It could be an option with a little more work.
> > 
> > Mike Evans
> 
> -derek



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